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Peri‐urban agroforestry for climate mitigation in West Africa: Structural diversity and functional traits as key drivers of carbon storage

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Peri‐urban areas in West Africa are expanding rapidly, often with limited planning and growing exposure to climate risks. Our study shows that agroforestry systems in these landscapes, especially diverse home gardens, can store substantial amounts of carbon when they include structurally complex stands and species with traits that favor biomass ...
Sèdoami Flora Dogbo, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Sylvanus Mensah, Gafarou Agoundé, Kangbéni Dimobe, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Jens Gebauer, Constant Yves Adou Yao, Romain Glèlè Kakaï   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Determinants of Housing Prices: The Impact of Flood Zone Status [PDF]

This study examines the valuation of homes located within 100-year flood plains. Utilizing a database of 29,887 property transactions in Alachua County, Florida, the results of this investigation suggest that comparable characteristic homes located ...
David M. Harrison, Greg T. Smersh, Arthur L. Schwartz, Jr   +2 more
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Lightning electromagnetic emission location using arrival time differencing (LEELA): An introduction to the Met Office's next generation Very Low Frequency lightning location system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This paper describes the Met Office's new lightning location system LEELA. A brief overview of the upgraded hardware and geolocation algorithms is given. LEELA has improved lightning detection capabilities, especially at night. When comparing LEELA to the previous ATDnet system against ground truths LEELA has 100% storm detection efficiency within 5 km
Graeme Marlton, Mike Protts, Stephen Prust, Edmund Keith Stone, Debbie O'Sullivan, Sue Twelves, Francesco Devoto, Claire Witham   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiscale controls on diurnal convection in the Maritime Continent: Insights from high‐resolution observations in Timika

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Across the Maritime Continent, diurnal rainfall variability is governed by interactions between regional‐scale atmospheric drivers and local land–sea breeze circulations. Afternoon convection is initiated over land by surface heating and propagates offshore, whereas morning rainfall develops over adjacent seas and moves inland under low‐level northerly
Dony Christianto, Robert S. Plant, Thorwald H. M. Stein, Steve J. Woolnough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated washland management for flood defence and biodiversity [PDF]

, 2004
In the context of growing interest in finding sustainable solutions to flood management in England and Wales, this study set out to determine the extent to which benefits to flood management and biodiversity can be achieved through an integrated ...
Hess, Tim M., Vivash, R. M., Bannister, N., Morris, Joe, Wade, M., Leeds-Harrison, Peter B., Gowing, D. J.   +6 more
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Forensic Hydraulic Analysis of Floodplain Connectivity Driven by Historical Beaver Dams in Colorado Headwater Streams

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As ecosystem engineers, beavers (Castor canadensis) modify river corridor form through dam building. When beavers are removed from a river corridor, their unmaintained dams wash out, altering the stream's hydrologic regime. The assumption that beaver dams increase floodplain connectivity is frequently presumed but has not been directly ...
Kayla Schultz, Ryan R. Morrison, Sara Rathburn, Connor Mertz, Nicholas Christensen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the feasiblity of informal settlement flood early warning systems : focus on the urban flood-risk experience of Kosovo and Masiphumelele residents, Cape Town South Africa [PDF]

, 2011
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-117).This thesis examines the feasibility of applying people-centred approaches to flood early warning systems (EWS) in informal settlements in the City of Cape Town, particularly, through the experiences ...
Solomon, F J
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A Functional Flows Framework for the Terminal Great Salt Lake Basin: Can We Have Our Lake and Drink It Too?

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terminal basins provide unique aquatic environments that are often highly sensitive to streamflow contributions, making them a focal point for environmental water management. However, the water needs for terminal lake, wetland, and river ecosystems, and how they relate, remain a fundamental knowledge gap that constrains our ability to ...
Belize Lane, Melissa Stamp, Sarah E. Null, Paul Thompson, Jeffrey Ostermiller, Farah Nusrat, Noelle Patterson, Maddie Witte, Bethany Neilson, Michelle Baker   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Flow Regime Metrics to Spawning Migration Behavior of Threatened Green Sturgeon: Implications for Water Management in Regulated Rivers

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flow regime alteration is among the most pervasive threats to freshwater ecosystems globally, and migratory species are particularly vulnerable to these impacts. Despite this, specific aspects of flow regimes that shape spawning migrations remain poorly understood for most threatened species.
Erin E. Tracy, Jonathan A. Walter, Sarah M. Yarnell, Anna E. Steel, Andrew L. Rypel, Nann A. Fangue   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrometeorology and flood pulse dynamics drive diarrheal disease outbreaks and increase vulnerability to climate change in surface-water-dependent populations: A retrospective analysis. [PDF]

PLoS Med, 2018
Alexander KA, Heaney AK, Shaman J.
europepmc   +1 more source